Mauricio Palos

Photographer

Boreal Collective

Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

(b. MEX, 1981) is an independent documentary photographer and videographer working mainly on personal projects in North and Central America. His work explores a variety of issues that are strongly related to the effects of violence on migration and exiles in the region due to political crisis, gang violence, narcotraffic, and local conflicts. His first book My Perro Rano: Central America Chronicles was published in 2010 by Editorial RM and was selected among the best photobooks of 2011 by the British Journal of Photography. He is now working on his second book Le Ley del Monte, an exploration of Mexico, based on an idea from the Mexican revolution that theorizes that the laws of the land will always belong to the more powerful.
He is co-founder along with Sr. Click of Encuentro Fotografico Mexico, a annual independent photography festival held in Cholula, Mexico, that aims for solidarity, professionalization, worthy spaces, but most importantly to create opportunities for exchange of ideas in search of a democratic exercise in the world of photography.
Clients include Der Spiegel, Volkskrant, Lufthansa Magazine, City Wire London, Glamour, Colors Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Courier International, VICE, Expansion Mexico, Gatopardo, Article 19, Fusion, Getty Images, Ternium.
Film work
2015 - State of Censorship, Interactive web-doc film
http://www.estadodecensura.com/en/home.html
2010 - En Algún Lugar, 28 min, Color mini DV
https://vimeo.com/28085061

Audio capture

Audio editing

Breaking news

Crisis

Editorial

Environment

Landscape

Medical

Portrait

Reporting

RISC training

Video capture

Video editing

My Perro Rano, Chronicles from Central America.

Mauricio Palos

A deported man poses for a portrait after being deported by US authorities, arriving at La Aurora Int. Airport. July 17, 2008. Guatemala, Guatemala.

My Perro Rano, Chronicles from Central America.

Mauricio Palos

A group of sicarios helped clear a house that was being kidnapped by a gang that falsifies house titles in order to sell the properties, the Guatemala police didn't wanted to get involved. Guatemala, Guatemala. November 29, 2007

My Perro Rano, Chronicles from Central America.

Mauricio Palos

Freight train full of immigrants made its way trough the limits if Chiapas and Oaxaca during an 8 hours ride. April 15, 2008. Arriaga, Chiapas.